Posted by Jenn Lowther

You like us, You really like us!

Photo Credit: Dustin Sacks SillySoft Games

All kidding aside, we’re all super excited to have won the New Media BC’s People’s Choice 2008 Award for Best User Generated Content or Crowdsourced Content Site. Nadia and I had an incredible time at the Awards Ceremony and Gala - as you can see in the pictures. We were extremely honoured to be nominated for this award and ecstatic that we won.

We couldn’t have done this without you - as it is the People’s Choice Award - so Nadia, myself, and the entire team at memelabs would like to give you our most sincere thanks for making memelabs what it has become today and for getting your vote on to help us win!!

We were up against some excellent competition and want to congratulate the following teams for the excellent work they have done. We were honoured to be competing against you.

• BussPass: Travels in Urbanity
• Changeeverything.ca
• Dare to be Digital: The Online Learning Challenge
• NowPublic.com
• Planetwide Media: Speed Racer Comic Book
• Protagonize: Story Writing Community
• Strutta
• Zeros 2 Heros: The Peoples Publisher

I also want to congratulate all of the other nominees and winners at the awards.

• Best Digital Animated Short: PSYOP, for Coca-Cola “Happiness Factory, the Movie”
• Best Digital VFX: Ubisoft, for Assassin’s Creed
• Best Game (Console/PC): Metanet Software and Slick Entertainment, for N+ on Xbox 360 / XBLA
• Best Game (Casual): Acronym Games, for Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
• Best Mobile (Game): The Saints, for NavBall
• Best Mobile (Application): CellMap Inc, for CellMap
• Best Digital Campaign: Rainmaker Entertainment and Zeros2Heroes Media, for A ReBoot ReLaunch
• Best Digital Score: Clicktoy Interactive Inc., for The Meadow
• Best Do-Gooder site (Social Change Initiative): smashLAB, for DesignCanChange.org
• Homegrown Award (Best BC-based Venture): smashLAB, for MakeFive.com

Posted by Jenn Lowther and Nadia Nascimento

Jenn
The 30’s and Russia brought us lots of things. We had the Great Depression, The Empire State Building, Snow White, the discovery of - Pluto, Penicillin, and Insulin- and Russian Vodka (mm tasty). So what happens when you combine the 30’s and Russia? How about the first Hip Hop/Break Dancing troop. Since WWI had finished, I guess this platoon of Russian Soldiers had a bit too much time on their hands. And no I am not going to insert an ‘In Soviet Russia’ meme here (that’s what the comment section is for:). Enjoy a little Red Army Hip Hop.

Nadia

Lets talk guilty pleasures for a moment. A singularly decadent weapon in the arsenal of personal satisfaction. The light at its core is generally intimate- a, “Don’t look at me- I am hideous” kind of thing. That said, those personal moments of indulgences are raw and attached truisms into who we really are.

My guilty pleasures? Nerds with guitars and viral video. Now with Weezers new video, they spoke directly to me almost knowing that while nerds playing guitars and holding hands with monkey’s is a pretty close win, it did not command my full fandemonium support. Enter Phase II of the conversion process and the orgasm of guilty pleasures. Nerds + Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

You had me at Numa.

Posted by Jenn Lowther

This weekend in Canada is the Victoria Day long weekend. We get this holiday to celebrate the birthday of the current Canadian monarch - its named Victoria Day as she was Canada’s first monarch. Ask most people on the street however, and most will not be able to tell you why we get the long weekend. What we do know though, is that it usually signals the beginning of summer. And we love summer. You would too if you were subjected to Canadian winters.

Since the weather in Vancouver is so nice this weekend, I can almost guarantee you that most of us Vancouverites will be hitting the outdoors and water in some fashion or another. So for those of you not in Canada and having to wait for your May long weekend, I’ve provided you this video to join us vicariously.

Posted by Nadia Nascimento

Removing the feline star from Garfield, we are left alone with sidekick, Jon Arbuckle. Alone, facing Jon, stoned in quiet contemplation and deep rooted personal loathe or meth blitzed and orgasmic over fuzzy slippers, we find that Garfield can finally realize his goal to become a LOLcat.

Deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb. Really, with Garfield, this comic was standing arm and arm in lame comradeliness with Family Circus.

Posted by Jenn Lowther and Nadia Nascimento

Before we bring you our awesome picks for video of the week, I implore you once again to get your vote on. memelabs has been nominated to win the PopVox User Generated Content site of the year. So get your vote on and help us win.

Jenn
In a week filled with news from the US Primaries, this video seemed like a great reprieve from the sniping from Hillary’s camp at Obama and a needed breath of comedy. Taking a page from Obama, former presidential hopeful Mike Gravel tried to move in on Obama Girl. Throw in Obama Girl, Mike Gravel, and a little crank dat groove, you are sure to giggle. The video won me when Mike actually threw down some Soulja Boy moves and gave a shout out to the twitterati. Enjoy!

Nadia

Hi. I think that I am becoming jaded. Things just aren’t amusing me as they used to and, to be honest, in embracing my cynicism, I am proud to present my newfound sense of humor: Old people dancing. I am meh about the ghost rider phenom, since it represents stupid southern gangata lame-rap, but partnered with an old aged pensioners ride which looks strikingly like a short bus we have a real gold winner. Pppppeace.